Life Begins At 90!
I found this little nurse doll online and fell in love with her, although her cap is sort of out of proportion…
Boy, that last post on migraines sure inspired a lot of comments. It also introduced me to some excellent discussion boards and weblogs – I’ve now added a “Patients of the Blogosphere” link to the sidebar. Check them out for a look at us from the perspective of a patient. I’ll add more as I come across them. I’ll also be adding more in the paramedic section, too.
Usually I have a ton of time to blog, but no ideas. Now I have little time to blog and a TON of ideas! So tomorrow, it’s just me and my blog…..
After I attend my grandfather’s 90th birthday party tomorrow!
One day I’ll tell the story of how he set off the LifeAlert system while climbing onto his roof to fix a tile. In his eighties. Couldn’t figure out why all those sirens were coming closer and closer until they stopped in front of his house. Caught red-handed, he was!
He stopped a 4-pack-a-day cigarette habit cold turkey in 1963. I asked him if he still wanted a cigarette. He said sure, but wantin’ didn’t mean he had to have it. They just don’t make ‘em like that anymore…
kenju
January 22, 2006 at 8:00 am
He sounds a lot like my dad, who climbed up on my roof when he was 78 to vent my clothes dryer, and painted his house (2-stories) when he was 82-3. He also quit smoking cold turkey; a 60 some year habit.
PaedsRN
January 22, 2006 at 2:06 pm
That cap would keep the rain out pretty good though
DP
January 22, 2006 at 2:17 pm
ryc: Thanks Kim–I didn’t know that. Thank you for coming out and asking these women. Nobody ever asked me . . .Hopefully the family doctors will make it part of their assessment as well. BTW, I love your blog!
Third Degree Nurse
January 22, 2006 at 6:27 pm
I love your grandfather.
Give him a birthday hug for me. After my last marriage, I wouldn’t even go out with anybody that smoked. I’m a reformed smoker but there’s nothing sadder than a smoker who won’t quit until the day the get the biopsy on their cancer. Except maybe the smoker who continues to smoke despite the oxygen tent…
PaedsRN
January 23, 2006 at 12:39 am
BTW Kim I had to alter the GN post you commented on after you posted, sorry! You were too quick for me
Sometimes I publish rather than save to draft, bad habit.